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Benedictine

(benɪdɪktin, -tiːn)
Word forms: plural Benedictines
countable noun [oft NOUN noun]
A Benedictine is a monk or nun who is a member of a Christian religious community that follows the rule of St. Benedict.
...the famous Benedictine abbey of St Mary.

Benedictine in British English

noun
1. (ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktɪn, -taɪn)
a monk or nun who is a member of a Christian religious community founded by or following the rule of Saint Benedict
2. (ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktiːn)
a greenish-yellow liqueur made from a secret formula developed at the Benedictine monastery at Fécamp in France in about 1510
adjective
3. (ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktɪn, -taɪn)
of or relating to Saint Benedict, his order, or his rule

Benedictine in American English

(ˌbɛnəˈdɪktɪn; also, and for 4 usually, ˌbɛnəˈdɪktin)
adjective
1. 
of Saint Benedict
2. 
designating or of the monastic order based on his teachings, founded c. a.d. 529
noun
3. 
a Benedictine monk or nun
4.  [b-]
a liqueur, containing aromatic herbs and spices, orig. made by Benedictine monks in France

Examples of 'Benedictine' in a sentence
Benedictine

Grub had driven over to Amplehurst, having first ascertained that it was a Catholic Public School run by members of the Benedictine order.
Barnard, Robert POLITICAL SUICIDE (1993)
`My colonel is to become a Benedictine ," she told first Adrian and then Dermot.
Haines, Pamela THE GOLDEN LION (1993)
Its operations were governed by rules as rigid as those ordering life in a Benedictine monastery.
Collins, Larry BLACK EAGLES (1993)

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